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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 916. To ask the Minister for Health if an emergency call-out ambulance is covered by the medical card; the instances in which a person would be charged a fee of €100 for an ambulance from their home to a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options being examined regarding underfunded volunteer centres; the timeframe in which a decision may be reached in order that certainty can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a rescheduled hearing will take place in respect of a jobseeker's benefit appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13836/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (27 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlement of a person to access a product (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with Lyme disease; the advances made over the past 12 months in terms of recognition of Lyme disease here; the supports available to general practitioners regarding same; the facilities available to public patients to test for the disease; the status of proposals to extend the medical card to persons with chronic Lyme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Directives (27 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 12 March 2019, if an EU directive has been issued regarding the European Court of Justice ruling in favour of persons (details supplied) in Spain that found travel time in respect of mobile workers to be actual working time; if a directive has been issued to member states, when...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: In Sligo at the moment, 13,600 people are on a boil water notice because of cryptosporidium. It is causing hardship and costs for families, businesses and hotels. It needs to be addressed. Irish Water has made an application for planning which has been forwarded to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I call on the Department of Health to commit to providing additional ambulance fleets and personnel in the north west in order to reduce response times in the region. Unfortunately, lengthy ambulance response times are not unusual there. They are, however, unacceptable. People in rural areas are treated deplorably when it comes to access to out-of-hours health services. It is now evident...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome that 12 new recruits will be coming to the north-west region. The current situation could not be allowed to continue because it is neither acceptable nor safe. I have previously raised the first responder scheme in the House because it makes sense to roll it out in the north west. Fire fighters in Dublin are trained to paramedic level, meaning that paramedics are available 24-7....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital to cover the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a client participating with JobPath secures a place on a community employment scheme, whether JobPath is paid for this placement; if a client is on both JobPath and community employment secures employment, whether Jobpath is paid for this placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14966/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reduce the entry age to community employment schemes to 19 years of age to align with the age at which persons are referred to JobPath; her views on whether in doing so community employment schemes would have no difficulty in filling places and would give younger persons a greater chance to gain training and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters (details supplied) regarding the interdepartmental review of community employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14968/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the current review of community employment is a way of culling community employment scheme numbers (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that changes to the current structure would further marginalise these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14970/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reverse the cutbacks to the housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with a disability scheme; if adequate finances will be provided to county councils to fund the housing grant schemes for 2019; the allocation in respect of housing adaptations grant for older persons and persons with a disability...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (3 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason tourism policy is not actively promoting Ireland West Airport Knock to transatlantic carriers, particularly in view of the fact that west and north-west local authorities have committed funding to the airport for ten years; the plans in place to build international market awareness and access to Ireland West Airport Knock;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (3 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a policy instrument to convince transatlantic carriers to invest in routes to Ireland West Airport Knock and drive access from key tourism markets into the western seaboard will be introduced; the amount in State grants provided to the airport in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount provided for capital...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (3 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a response will issue to Sligo County Council in relation to planning approval for imperative reasons for overriding public interest for the necessary upgrade of Lough Talt water supply treatment plant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15586/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Card Levy (4 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons aged 66 years of age and over are exempt from paying the €30 levy per credit card and DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/19]